The charge stemmed from a May 2007 incident. It was then that the Buckerts took their then 11-month-old son to an emergency room. Once there, medical personnel discovered the infant had multiple broken bones, police said at the time.

On April 27 LaFollette Police Officer Bill Owens received instruction to be on the look out for a stolen vehicle.

Owens reported that during a traffic stop related to the stolen vehicle he asked Cliff Justin Ayers, 26, of 2149 Pine Mountain Road for his identification, but Ayers allegedly claimed that he had none.

A section of Campbell County near Smokey Junction is slated to be remined by Davis Creek Energy, LLC, according to an April 29 Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) press release. As a result of this mining activity, a federally threatened species of minnow may suffer as a result of the mining. Because the species has a short life span, any habitat disturbance significantly impacts this fish.

Leaving evidence lying about after a robbery landed two men in jail on Sunday.

On May 2, Campbell County Sheriff’s Officer Matt Wasson was dispatched to Chadwell’s Market and Deli on Long Hollow Road to find the front glass door completely busted out, according to the arrest warrant. The only item missing from the store was the cash register with approximately $12 in change, the police report said.

The watchful eye of a citizen led to an arrest for prostitution last week.

On April 26, LaFollette Police Officer James Farmer was dispatched to Byrge Screen Printing on the report of possible prostitution, the arrest report said. After arriving, Farmer spoke with an eyewitness who told him he had seen a man and woman who appeared to be engaging in sexual behaviors in exchange for drugs, according to the report.

What started out as a discussion about the need for a workshop to discuss the upcoming budget led to a heated discussion about staffing and personnel issues at Monday’s LaFollette City Council workshop.

When Cade Sexton, interim city administrator, suggested the council meet soon to start work on the 2010-11 budget he also pointed out several of the city’s departments were operating with a number of vacancies.